Sleeplessness Assessing Sleep Need in Society Today /

This book critically evaluates the popular notion that today's society is suffering from 'sleep debt', or what Horne calls 'societal insomnia' - an apparent chronic loss of sleep, which can lead to obesity and related physical and mental disorders including heart disease. It...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Horne, Jim (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
Edición:1st ed. 2016.
Temas:
Cognitive psychology.
Critical psychology.
Psychobiology.
Physical anthropology.
Cognitive Psychology.
Critical Psychology.
Biological Psychology.
Physical-Biological Anthropology.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Chapter 1. Insomnia
  • Chapter 2. Sleep Debt: Societal Insomnia?
  • Chapter 3. Short Sleep, Mortality and Illness
  • Chapter 4. Obesity
  • Chapter 5. Childhood and Adolescence
  • Chapter 6. When is Enough, Enough?
  • Chapter 7. Illumination
  • Chapter 8. Sleepiness
  • Chapter 9. Extreme Sleepiness
  • Chapter 10. Brainwork
  • Chapter 11. Prolonger Wakefulness
  • Chapter 12. Use it or Lose it
  • Chapter 13. REM Sleep: 'Food for Thought'?
  • Chapter 14. Conclusion.

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